Change is inevitable. Change within organisations, however, is often complex and influenced by external factors that play an important role in how change is planned, communicated and ultimately operationalised.

MSc Organisational Change Management is a specialist course, which will prepare you for a role in organisational management or consultancy. The course will introduce you to advanced research in change management and will allow you to approach organisational change management from both a commercial and a social perspective, to help you understand not only why change happens, but how to manage it.

This course is perfect if you have a first degree in business management, or in a related subject area, or have relevant work experience in organisational management. MSc Organisational Change Management will help you to enter or progress within the job market with a deeper understanding of management and organisational change.

You will graduate with an ability to excel in a management career and with the capacity to shape organisations and organisational life for the better.

Topics you will study include:

• organisational behaviour and human resource management
• understanding organisational change
• change, creativity, and innovation
• leading change
• ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
• equality and diversity

Your future

This course provides a solid foundation for a career in organisational management.

We provide you with the necessary skills to succeed in modern workplaces, fostering creativity, innovation, and ethical awareness to help you tackle the many challenges of the business world. 90% of University of Essex’s postgraduate graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2021). Our graduates have entered high-profile organisations and exciting SMEs, such as:

• HM Treasury
• Groupon
• HP
• KPMG